SFS Chapter 103 Inquire about the situation
Chapter 103 Inquire about the situation
While Erhua was eating osmanthus cake, Gu Qingqing used a corner of a clean towel dipped in some wine to wipe the area around Erhua's wound, pressed the burnt cotton on her wound, and finally found a colorful cloth strip to tie a bow on her finger.
"Okay, do you think the bow is beautiful?" Gu Qingqing asked.
Erhua is easy to coax. She forgot the pain in her hand while eating. She listened to her mother's words and looked down at her finger. She cheered at the beautiful bow on it, "It's so beautiful. Mom, I want to wear it all the time."
Gu Qingqing pretended to glare at her and said, "How can you wear it all the time? You won't have to wear it when your hand is healed."
Dahua, who had been standing by, asked Gu Qingqing, "Mom, that chicken is so fierce, should it be locked up alone?"
Gu Qingqing didn't know whether it would continue to nest. After thinking for a while, she said, "Let's cover it with a frame today and we'll see in two days. Go get some hay."
After Dahua brought the hay, she made a nest for the hen in the broken bamboo basket, put three eggs in it, stuffed the hen in, and finally covered the frame with a lid. Worried, she put a stone on top of it.
Let the hen cluck in the bamboo basket.
When Gu Qingqing spread the fungus on the ground, she saw Dahei running to the bamboo basket at some point and starting to attack the hen inside.
Gu Qingqing couldn't understand the dog's language, and judging from its posture, it seemed that the scolding was not nice.
"Okay, you have nothing to do here. If you scare it into burrowing, you'll eat dog meat tomorrow." Gu Qingqing said as she picked up the skin on the back of Dahei's neck and threw it into its den.
In the afternoon, Gu Qingqing steamed a pot of two-layer tofu-filled buns. There was still some tofu left. She didn’t have to think about spicy tofu, but she could still make minced meat tofu.
After finishing my work, I brought some water from home to water the vegetable garden.
Dahua, who followed, shouted to Gu Qingqing, "Mom, look, Liugen's mom is here."
Gu Qingqing then looked up and saw that it was Wang Baoyu who came with Liu Gen. Seeing that Liu Gen was unarmed, she immediately knew why he came.
She put down the bucket in her hand and walked towards Wang Baoyu. Since they were of similar age, she called him by his name directly.
"Baoyu, you are a rare guest."
Wang Baoyu smiled and said, "I heard that you guys moved. I've been saying that I want to come over for a visit, but I've been busy every day and can't spare any time."
"So do you have good news for me today?" After asking, Gu Qingqing hurriedly invited the other party to her home, but was rejected by Wang Baoyu.
"No, I'm going to go. I'm going to go back after talking for a while. I just came back from my mother's house and haven't had time to go back yet. Yesterday, my mother told me that you wanted to buy some cotton wool, so I went back today. My mother's house still has about 20 kilograms of cotton wool, and each kilogram is 25 cents, so I came to ask you if you need it?"
20 kilograms. If she makes quilts weighing 5 kilograms each, she can make 4 quilts. She bought 3 quilt covers yesterday. Just when she was thinking that she could buy another quilt cover later, she suddenly remembered that although her family bought a thin jacket, it would only be worn in late autumn and early winter.
When winter comes, we still need to make thick coats, and cotton is still needed at that time. The remaining quilt can be used to make clothes for the family.
Gu Qingqing thought for a moment and said hurriedly, "Yes, I want all 20 kilograms. Do I have to go to your mother's house to buy it myself? Or will they help deliver it to me?"
When Wang Baoyu heard that she wanted all of them, he smiled even more happily, "Let's not talk about other villages, our village will definitely deliver it. I got your confirmation, so you don't have to worry about the rest. Just wait at home. I will ask my brother from my mother's family to deliver the things to you tomorrow."
When Gu Qingqing heard that the other party could deliver the goods to her door, she was naturally happy, "Come on, sit down at my house, I'll give you the money right away."
"No rush. Wait until my brother from my mother's family comes tomorrow and you can give it to him directly. I won't go to your house. I see you are busy in the fields. You continue to do your own thing. I'll be back soon." Wang Baoyu said as he waved to Gu Qingqing, then took Liu Lang and went back.
Gu Qingqing was still thinking about another thing, that is, she could make quilts, but she really couldn't make clothes.
If you can't do it yourself, find a tailor. There is one in their village. Niu Songniang in the village is a good clothes maker and her embroidery patterns are also beautiful. Some villagers have asked her to help with embroidery before.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly finished watering the fields, asked Dahua to carry the empty bucket home first, and she walked towards Uncle Zhang He's house.
As soon as I entered the yard, I called out, "Meihua, is Meihua home?"
Farmers are like this. They basically shout as soon as they enter the yard, which is also a reminder for those in the house. If everyone goes into the yard and no one comes out, they will either continue to shout or leave after a while.
Of course, if you are familiar with the place, you can go straight into the house.
Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Luo Meihua came out of the house and said, "I'm here, sister-in-law is here."
Gu Qingqing didn't beat around the bush. She walked up to her and asked directly, "I want to ask you something. How good is Aunt Niu next door at making clothes?"
"Come on, let's talk inside." Luo Meihua didn't answer in a hurry, but invited her into the house first.
This was the first time that Gu Qingqing entered someone else's house other than the old Wen family. After entering the room, there was an octagonal table and two chairs in the room, with a teapot and six teacups on the table.
There is a thick wall about 1.2 meters high on the left side of the room. On the wall is a tablecloth with a milky white background and pink lace sewn on it.
At this time, there was a sewing basket on it.
Above the table, there is a curtain made of straw beads hanging from the roof, but some of the curtains are obviously shorter, so it is possible that they were pulled by children.
There was a pit on the other side of the wall. A row of basket cabinets were placed on the kang next to the west wall. There were two large chairs and a few small benches in the room, and a washstand behind the door.
There weren't many things in the room, but it was kept very neatly, not at all messy just because there were children in the house.
Gu Qingqing sat on the edge of the kang and listened to Luo Meihua ask, "What's wrong? Do you need to make clothes for your family?"
Gu Qingqing stated her needs somewhat embarrassedly.
"Last time at your house, didn't you already cut out the clothes for the child?" Luo Meihua heard her say last time that her needlework was not very good, but she didn't expect that she would actually ask someone to do it.
Luo Meihua asked and poured her a glass of warm water.
Gu Qingqing thanked him and took it. "I've been thinking about it these past few days. Instead of doing it myself and making it shameful, it's better to let professionals do professional things."
Luo Meihua laughed secretly at the side, "I don't know why, but when you say this, it sounds very interesting."
"What's so interesting about it? Everyone understands this principle, but sometimes we think we can do it ourselves, so we do it ourselves. But I really can't do it myself." Gu Qingqing laughed at herself.